Medicine Can’t stop. Neither Can Solidarity with One Another in These Difficult Times.
Medicine can’t stop. Neither can solidarity with one another in these difficult times.
Even in War, Something Powerful Endures: Love
Today is Valentine’s Day in Iraq too, and there’s something powerful here, resisting war, violence, danger and fear. It’s called love.
‘We’re All the Same, From the Beginning Till the End’ – Hamid, the Imam Working For Peace in Ashti.
‘We have shared lives. We are born together, live together and end together.’
Iraq: Finally a Hand That Fits My Body
‘It’s my first time in Sulaymaniyah,’ continues Emad, who is from Mosul. ‘I had another prosthesis before, but it didn’t fit very well. This one I can really move. It feels like part of my body. This is really a hand worthy of the name. A hand that fits my body.’
Let’s Look Forward
"The grass looked greener in the other field, so I thought I’d take my sheep there to graze. There’s an abandoned military base, but I didn't think that ... " This is how Othman begins his story. A prosthesis replaces…
…We Begin 2020 With a Promise
In the face of conflict, our human spirit and solidarity will always endure.
For a More Just, Supportive and Human New Year
Best wishes to all for a more just, supportive and human new year. We can achieve it together.
Iraq: “I’ll Try To Tell You In Simple Words …”
This is how I approach my work and my life, with the hope of being able to return soon to Qamishlo, in my Syria.
Our Bodies are Maps of Pain
The rocky mountains around Sulaymaniyah are capped with snow. Rain beats on the door of every house and on the roof of EMERGENCY’s Rehabilitation Centre. Samad leaves his tailor’s workshop and comes over to us, taking care on his prostheses.…